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W. O. PARSELS.

FIRE -ESCAPE.

N0;' 28'7,856. Patented Nov. 6, 1883.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM c. PARSELS, on ELLENVILLE, NEW YORK.

FIRE-ESCAPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of 'Letters Patent No. 287,856, datedNovember 6, 1883.

Application filed February 5, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WM. 0. PARSELS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ellenville, in the county of Ulster and State of New York,have .invented a new and useful Iniprovement in Fire-Escapes, of whichthe following is aspecification. 1 I

The object of my invention is to furnish a light, compact, and strongfire-escape, which metal tube with the peculiar and continual bindingsurface on the rope to be used in connection with said tube, ashereinafter described. I

The figure represents a vertical section, where all the parts of myinvention are seen. Spindle 11 operates against the tongue 4, beingregulated by wheel 2. To increase or lessen the friction against thehead or tube 5, I use a firm flax rope, 8. t

6 is a handle cast with the tubeor head as a whole. 7 is a cover, whichcloses in tongue 4,

which same has a concave face which partly I spans rope 8. 9 is aring,which slides around handle 6, and will hang near either end of tube5, to snap the belt 3 fast to. 10 10 are the screws, which hold thecover 7 fast to tube 5.

The operation of my improved fire-escape is as follows: Make fast oneend of rope to bedstead or anything else that 'will resist ones weight.Then (by having the tube near the. end of rope made fast) cast out therope to the ground, slide the tube to the window and screw it tight,encirclethe body closeunder the arms with belt 3, and snap it in ring 9.Slide out window with face toward the building, then make descent byloosening tension by wheel 2, whichlets the tube slide over the rope 8.Trips from high buildings can'be repeated by different persons bydrawing the escape up again after one has made the descent, and

throwing out the end of rope first made fast, and making fast the endfirst thrown out, for when the ring 9 slides around handle 6 the escapeis in the same position as at first. Should a fainted person, or childnot capable of regu- 'ters Patent, is

The combination of tongue 4, head ortube 5, and wheel 2, spindle 11,rope 8, and strap 3, with loose ring 9, all the parts being constructedand operating substantially as and for the purpose specified.

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